" Database Programming with Visual Basic .NET functions as a reference book. But thanks to its many listings and tables, you'll find value reading it cover to cover This book is all you need to get started with data access in VB .NET. Author Carsten Thomsen includes step-by-step coverage of everything you ever wanted to know about ADO.NET. Thomsen also covers relational databases, Active Directory (LDAP) access, and MessageQueue. Database Programming with VB.NET Thomsen, Carsten / Prothman, Carl, Apress